Wood-splitting machine.



G. W. STANTON.

WOOD SPLITTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 1:20.10, 1913.

1, 1 O5, 1 08. Patented July 28, 1914.

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G. W. STANTON.

WOOD SPLITTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 131520.10, 1913.

1,105, 108. Patented July 28,1914.

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To (ZZZ whom it may concern: I v Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STANTON;a citizen of the United States, residing at Athens, in the. county ofMcMinn, State of' Tennessee have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wood-Splitting Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and-exactdescriptionof the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it appertains tomake and usethe same.

This invention relates to wood split-ting machines. 1 l

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a wood splittingmachine which can be readily moved from one locality to another, whichwill be capable of turning out a large amount of work, and which will'be simple in construction, efficient in use and which may bemanufactured at a comparatively small cost.

Vith the above and other objects in view the invention consists in thedetails of construction and in'the arrangement and combination of partsto be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters of refer ence denotecorresponding parts in the several views, and in which Figure 1 is aside elevation of a wood splitting machine constructed in accordancewith the invention; Fig. 2, a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 1; Fig.3, a front view of the invention; Fig. 4, an enlarged section on theline 44 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a section on the line 55 of Fig. 1; Fig. 6, asection on the line 66 of Fig. 1; Fig- 7, a section on the line 7-7 ofFig. 1, and Fig. 8, a section on the line 88 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings the machine is shown as comprising a frame Asupported upon front and rear Wheeled axles 10 and 11 respectively. Theframe A includes side members 12 and 13 which supportat an intermediatepoint thereon a motor 14 embodying a crank shaft 15 upon'which latter isfixed a belt wheel 16. Supported upon the side members 12 and 13 at theforward ends of the latter is a floor 17. Rising from the floor 17 atopposite sides thereof are uprights 18 and 19. These uprights 18 and 19converge upwardly and disposed between the upper ends thereof areplates-20 and 21 Specification of Letters Patent. 1 Patentd r dy 28 1914Application filed. December 10,1913. Serial no. 805,803. r 1 l A whichare held in spaced relationtoyeach other by blocks-22. The-plates'20 and21 are held in place between theuprights 18 and 19 by means of bolts 23and. a relatively large bolt 24, said bolts extending, through guidemembers is ahead '26 having a tapered skeleton lower 'endm27. "The head26 is provided at each side with,.atongue 28 which slidably engages in.a respective groove of the guide members 25. to the head 26 andprojecting from the upperend thereof is .a lug 29 which is em- Secured Ibracedby and pivotally connected'tov the forked terminal of a link 30.]Pivotally mounted between the-plates 20 and 21 on the bolt 24is arockerarm 31 the forward end of which is embraced by and pivotallyconnected to the other forked terminal of the link 30-. Engaged aroundthe bolt 24 and disposed; against, the. outer side of respec- 'tiveuprights 18and 19 are draw rods 32 the lower ends of which extendthrough the flooring 17 and through the terminals of a I beam 33extending across the lower side of the members 12 and 13; The lower endsof the draw rods 32 have threaded thereon nuts 34 which when screwedupon the rods will engage the beam 33 and draw and firmly secure theuprights l8 and 19 in place. The uprights 18 and'19 are furtherstrengthened by means of braces 35 which have their upper ends securedto respective uprights and their lower ends secured to the flooring 17.The uprights 18 and 19 are also connected together by cross members 36.

Supported upon the flooring 17 are cross members 37 and 38, the formerbeing disposed against the braces 35 and the latter against the uprights1S and 19. Supported upon the cross members 37 and 38 is n upper floor39 which is secured in place by means of bolts 40 and 41, the formerpassing through the upper floor, cross member 37 and a cross member 42disposed against the lower side of the members 12 and 13; while thelatter passes through the upper floor 39,

and lower floor 17. Mounted upon the upper floor 39 is a bearing 43 inwhich is rotatably mounted a shaft 44. Fixed on the;

outer end of this shaft 44 is a belt wheel li which alines with the beltwheel 15 and is adapted to be connected therewith through the medium ofa suitable belt. Fixed on the inner'end of the shaft 44 is a disk 46 towhich is connected eccentrically one end of apitman 47, the other end ofsaid pitman being pivotally connected to the end of the rocker arm 31remote from the link 30. By this construction it will be apparent thatupon actuation of the motor 14 the rocker arm 31 will be oscillated andefiect a vertical reciprocation of the head 26 in the guide members 25.The lower end of the head 26 is provided with a groove 48 which receivesa rib 49 of a splitting knife 50. This splitting knife has formedintegral therewith shank members 51 which pass through open ings in thehead 26 and have threaded on their upper end nuts 52 whereby thesplitting knife is securely fastened to the head. The splitting table ofthe machine is formed by a plurality of blocks 53 disposed upon theflooring 17 and adapted to be applied and removed according to thelength of the material being split.

lVhat is claimed is s 1. A wood splitting machine comprising awheeled'body, a floor supported upon said body, uprights rising fromsaid floor, spaced plates between the upper ends of said uprights, boltssecuring said plates and uprights together, a rocker arm pivoted betweenthe plates on one of said bolts, a head slidably mounted on saiduprights, a splitting knife carried by the head, connections between thehead and rock arm whereby the oscillation of the latter will reciprocatethe former, and means for rocker arm.

2. A wood splitting machine comprising a body, a floor supported uponsaid body, uprights rising from said floor, bolts connecting the upperends of said uprights,'a cross beam beneath said body, draw rodsconnected to one of said bolts and disposed against the outer side ofsaid uprights, said draw rods extending through the floor and said crossbeams, nuts threaded on the lower end of said draw rods and adapted toengage the cross beam to secureand hold the uprights to the floor,arocker armrpivoted oscillating said on one of said bolts, a headslidably mounted onsaid uprights, a splitting knife carried by the head,connections between the head and rocker arm whereby the oscillation ofthe latter will reciprocate the former, and means for oscillating saidrocker arm.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. STANTON. Vitnesses:

G F. LOCKMILLER, FRANK DODSON.

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Washington, I). G.

